Timer cover



To all whom it may concern:

PATENT FREDERICK M. MILLER, OF CAMBRAY, NEW MEXICO.

TIMER covna.

' Application filed March 3, 1925. Serial No. 12,937.

Be it known that I, FREDERICK M. MILLER, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Cambray, in thecounty of Luna, and State of New Mexico, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Timer Covers, of wliich the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings. j

This invention relates to a cover for timers and more particularly to that type of timer furnished as standard equipment upon a very well known make of vehicle.

An important object of the invention is the provision of a device of this character which completely protects the timer wires and more particularly the connections of the timer wires with the timer from short cir cuiting to the metallic body of the timer due to moisture passing through the radiator of the vehicle and to other causes.

A further object of the invention is to provide a construction of this character such that the timer wires are all led from the cover of the timer at one side thereof, thus permitting of a neat arrangement thereof and of a max1mum covering without the use of cable or other housing devices in conjunction with such cover.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which may be molded from an insulating material or stamped from sheet metal and interiorly insulated as may be found desirable.

These and other objects I attain by the construction shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodiment of my invention and wherein:-

Figure 1 is a rear elevation of a timer having a cover constructed in accordance with my invention; and

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view showing the timer and cover.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, the numeral 10 indicates a timer of the type to which my cover is adapted to be employed. These timers have a circular body portion 11 from which project radially at circumferentially spaced points contact connectors or binding posts 12. The outer end of the body is formed to provide a cone shaped cap 13, the apex of the cone being formed with a dent or recess 14 receiving a lug 15 formed on a retaining bracket 16 by means of which the cover is maintained in position upon the engine.

These .details of construction as stated above are all 'normalsparts of the mechanism of theiti'mer referred to and in no way enter into my invention except in combination with the structure hereinafter described.

In accordance with my invention; I provide a cap having a'circular body portion 17 of greater internal diameterthan the ex ternal diameter of the body portionof the timer sothat when positioned thereabout, a space 18 is left therebetween for the passage of the lead wires 19 of the timer. This circular body portion of the capis formed with interior coves 20 receiving and housing the binding, posts 12 of the timer. In the circular wall at one point, a slot 21 is formed permitting slipping of this circular wall over the timer and by theshifting lug 22 of the timer. At a second point in the circular wall a second slot 23 is formed through which the lead wires 19 from the binding posts may be passed. It is preferred that through this slot only pass those lead wires of the binding posts 12 arranged in the coves at opposite sides of the slot and that the lead wires 19 from the binding posts remote from this slot be passed through notches 24: formed in adjacent side walls of the adjacent coves 20, thus avoiding bunching of the lead wires and permitting their connection with the timer in the usual manner so that any disturbance of the lead wire assembly employed by the manufacturer is avoided.

The cap further includes a conical portion 25 closely conforming to the shaping of the conical portion 13 of the timer cap and having at its outer end a dent or recess 26 similar to the dent or recess 14 of the timer cap. This dent or recess will receive the lug 15 of the bracket 16 and thus this bracket serves to maintain both the cap and timer in position. The larger end of the conical cap portion 25 is connected with the circular wall and the walls of the coves 20 flying or dripping Water from engaging with the binding posts so that the same Will be short circuited to the metallic shell of the timer. construction is capable of a slight range of change and modification Without departing from the spirit of my invention and I accordingly do not limit myself to such specific structure except as hereinafter claimed.

In combination with a timer including 7 a circular body having radially projecting binding posts forthe reception of lead Wires,

a conical cap portion having a dent for the reception of a lug upon a retaining bracket arm and an arm secured to the circular body whereby it may be rotatably shifted, of a cap therefor and applicable to the timer by a straight line movement axial to the-timer, said cap having a circular body portion of slightly greater internal diameter than the external diameter portion: oi! the It Will also be obvious-that this timer and provided in its inner face, With coves for the reception of the binding posts of' the timer and a conical cap fitting and seating upon the conical portion of the timer and having a dent for the reception of the lug of said bracket arm, the circular body portion being provided in one side thereof With a slot for the passage of the lead Wires, the coves at opposite sides of said slot having the Walls thereofnext ad' jacent the slot provided With slots for the passage of lead Wires, said circular body portion of the, cap having a notch for the passage of said arm ofthe timer, said arm during rotatingmovements of the timer engaging one Wall or the other-0t the notch to thereby cause said cap to move. With the timer in its rotating movements.

In testimony WhereofI hereunto affix my signature.

FREDERICK M. MILLER. 

